Senior Technical Writer (Semiconductor domain)

Role & responsibilities

• Works with staff to develop and deliver internal and external customer documentation to support client products and programs.
• Writes, proofreads, formats and edits technical and marketing documentation (errata, databooks, white papers, application notes, schematics, product briefs, newsletters, product/vertical market presentations, and Web page content), as specified by the document owners and AES documentation process.
• Ensure content is clean and accurate.
• Edit content as needed in accordance with department guidelines and company standards.
• Confer with technical personnel to ensure content accuracy and to resolve questions or contradictions.
• Write and edit documentation with consistent style. Usher documents through legal and technical review cycles;
• Publish final document versions in accordance with the corporate process.
• Deliver documents on schedules determined by the document owners and program management.
• Assist with the development of additional documents as required

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelors degree with 5-7 years of experience, or Masters with 5+ years of experience as a technical writer;
• Experience writing structured documentation;
• Experience using oXygen, XMetal, Quark, XMLMind or another XML editor, preferred;
• Ability to work with scripting languages such as Python or Perl, preferred;
• Excellent writing, editing and organizational skills;
• Experience with Adobe FrameMaker, Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and Adobe Illustrator;
• Experience with Perforce and Doxygen, preferred;
• Good understanding of engineering terminology used within the semiconductor industry;
• Good understanding of x86-based computer systems and components;
• Proven interpersonal skills, leadership and teamwork, required